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Pirates: West Africa is a new hot spot for violence on the seas

NAIROBI — Armed guards and naval patrols are slowing piracy off the coast of Somalia, but on the across the continent in West Africa, ships face a different and perhaps more lethal threat.

Somali piracy drives security boom

NAIROBI — Ship owners spent over $1 billion on “security equipment and armed guards” to protect against piracy last year, according to a new report.

Somali pirates increase brutality

Nairobi — The pirate captors of the Taiwanese trawler Shiuh Fu-1 took exceptionally violent steps to extract a $3 million ransom from the vessel’s owner in January.

Somali pirates' rise linked to illegal fishing and toxic dumping

MOGADISHU — Illegal fishing and the dumping of toxic waste by international ships sparked Somali protests that became today's piracy.

Pirates: The economic costs of maritime crime

NAIROBI — Mombasa, one of the busiest and economically important ports in sub-Saharan Africa, is not as busy as it used to be, as a result of the threat of piracy off the Indian Ocean coast of Somalia.
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